I think you've misunderstood any criticism you've received - nobody cares about "getting a freebie", but you are FAR more likely to get a freebie via 30 seconds of googling, rather than typing a message here, posting it and waiting for replies. Google IS the easy option - posting here isn't.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM, rhaazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do help, when I get a chance to even browse these groups (yes I do > actually visit groups other than this one), however I still consider > myself very new to a lot of this, and often times hesitate to offer > any advise or help in fear of someone like you just telling me I'm an > idiot. > > I have a job, I spent most of my time at my job working. > After work, I spend time with family. > I don't sit at a computer so that I can justify myself by proving to > everyone how more competent at life I am than everyone else. > > Sometimes I don't try as hard as I could to find the answer myself. > Sometimes I hope that someone on the forums has an easy answer. Why? > Because I've spent 99% of the rest of my time figuring things out, so > sometimes it's nice to get a freebie. > > > > On Sep 18, 2:13 pm, Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Then step up to the plate and start helping these people with their >> problems. Don't just sit there and complain about someone when you aren't >> doing anything yourself. It's really sad when I'm either the #1 or #2 >> poster in this group every month. There is no way that I should be that >> high up in the posting. In fact, "rhaazy," why aren't you up there? >> >> If you take some time to examine all the messages in this group, you will >> find that over 75% of them can be answered just by using Google. If the >> users that ask those questions here would open >> uphttp://www.google.comfirstthey would already have their answer. Then >> they wouldn't be ganged up >> on by the long-time users of this group (of which I am NOT one of them). >> >> As I've said before: A little effort goes a long way. If your answer can be >> found on the first page of a Google search, then you're not putting any >> effort into it. Those that put in the effort are helped quite nicely by >> others in this group as well as myself. Many have solved their issues with >> our help. But the key is that they put effort into it and they got >> something out of it. >> >> ...Glenn >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:46 PM, rhaazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > About time to see someone else with some balls stand up to those who >> > desire to "paint everyone with the same brush". >> > It's fine to treat those who really just troll around looking for free >> > help, but to those of us who REALLY HONESTLY I SWEAR TO GOD WE ARE >> > TRYING >> > to put some effort into something meaningful it's a real kick in the >> > nuts when a few of you gang up on the poster like they are some >> > undereducated misfit. >> >> > Thank you poster Jai for being a bad-ass.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to DotNetDevelopment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://cm.megasolutions.net/forums/default.aspx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
